AGENDA DATE: 9/2/2015
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HO 2015-131, Jessalyn Fink Special Exception
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution approving a special exception to allow an increase in permitted traffic generation for a Home Occupation located at 1077 Highlands Drive in the White Hall Magisterial District
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Walker, Davis, Kamptner, Benish, Gatobu
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The applicant is requesting a Home Occupation Class A (HOCA) modification under County Code ? 18-5.1(a) for the number of trips generated by a proposed home music/piano teaching business to allow up to ten (10) additional round trips per day (Monday-Thursday). Characteristics of the anticipated operation:
Hours of operation: Monday-Thursday, 3:00 PM - 7:45 PM.
Up to 10 students per day, and up to 40 per week (Monday-Thursday).
Most students will have weekly thirty (30) minute slots and one of them may have a forty five (45) minute slot.
Parking is on site. Two parking spaces available at all times.
The property (TMP 057A0-01-00-13400) is in the Highlands Subdivision neighborhood and is located on Highlands Drive, approximately .25 miles south of the intersection of Three Notched Road (Route 240) and Highland Dive in Crozet (Attachment A). The .22 acre parcel is zoned R-4, Residential, and the surrounding properties consist of single-family attached homes.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Goal 3. Development Areas: Attract quality employment, commercial, and high density residential uses into development areas by providing services and infrastructure that encourage redevelopment and private investment while protecting the quality of neighborhoods
DISCUSSION County Code ? 18-5.2(e) states, "the traffic generated by a home occupation shall not exceed the volume that would normally be expected by a dwelling unit in a residential neighborhood." Traffic...
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